The Monday Morning Quote #524

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo & withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”

George Washington to his nephew (Pushrod Washington)

 

The Monday Morning Quote #523

“Forget about inspiration and get into the habit of writing every day.

Habit has written far more books than inspiration has.

If you want the Muse to visit you, she needs to know where you are; so stay at your desk.”

Phillip Pullman

Productive moi?

When analysing dental businesses and individual team members I try to keep in mind “5 E”s that apply to successful clinical practice, effective, ergonomic, economic, ethical, efficient. I have always believed that principals, and those who truly have “skin in the game” perform better on most, if not all, of the “5 E”s.

The workforce generally could learn a lot from some of my case studies.

RBS Chief Economist’s Weekly Brief – Shifting sands

Harder, better, faster, stronger?  Hardly.  Yet another year has passed without any productivity growth in the UK.  In fact, output per hour worked actually fell 0.2% over the year to Q4 2018.  The only reason the economy grew at all was because more people worked than ever before.  Yet each worker now produces a mere 2% more than before the 2008 recession struck (whereas our American cousins are churning out 15% more every hour worked).  Bad news is that the awful run is unlikely to let-up soon; both weak investment and slowing trade are likely to drag on productivity growth in 2019.

The Monday Morning Quote #522

“The time to fill the larder is before you get hungry.”

Anon

 

If you’re in Dublin on March 2nd

My maternal grandparents would be proud of me being selected for Croke Park. I’ll not be gracing the hallowed turf with my prowess with sliotar and hurley. Instead I’ll be up on level 5 in the Hogan suite on the 5th Floor with a Taster session of “The 101 Things They Didn’t Teach You At Dental School”.

Becoming – watch this film.

From zygote to tadpole in 6 minutes.

Watch this time-lapse film on full screen. It’s amazing.

Not business. Not music. Not blowing my own trumpet.

 

Professionals come in two varieties…

“But there are two basic kinds of professional, Harkness saw in a moment of self-congratulatory illumination. There’s the professionalism that does something well enough to earn a living from it. And there’s the professionalism that creates a commitment so intense that the earning of a living happens by the way. Its dynamic isn’t wages but the determination to do something as well as it can be done.

Laidlaw was the second type of professional. Harkness realised it was a very uncomfortable thing to be because, in their work, ‘well’ involved not just results but the morality by which you arrived at them. He thought of Laidlaw’s capacity to bring constant doubt to what he was doing and still try to do it. The pressure must be severe.”

From “Laidlaw” by William McIlvanney

The Monday Morning Quote #521

“Better is the enemy of”Good Enough”

Voltaire

The Monday Morning Quote #520

“The more you fear missing out, the more you actually miss out.”

Adam Grant

From, “Pay It Forward: Why Generosity Is The Key To Success”

LINK HERE

The Monday Morning Quote #519

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.

I’ve lost almost 300 games.

Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.

And that is why I succeed.”

Michael Jordan